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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

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Remains of a large Neolithic settlement on alluvial soil in the Motza Valley near Jerusalem. (Amos Frumkin)
April 25, 2025, 7:43 am
Israeli study finds burst of fires 8,000 years ago forced humans to become farmers
Hebrew University researcher says lightning-ignited blazes transformed Levant’s landscape, ending hunter-gatherer lifestyle but creating perfect condition for birth of agriculture
By Sue Surkes
Ultra-Orthodox men dance during a special celebration marking the end of Hanukkah, in Meron, northern Israel, on January 2, 2025. (David Cohen/Flash90)
January 9, 2025, 3:08 pm
Haredi men’s employment growth stalls, income gap with mainstream Israel widens – study
Alongside turmoil over low military draft rates, Israel Democracy Institute report raises alarm over Haredi men’s limited progress integrating into workforce
By Mati Wagner
A federal police agent holds two photos and the identity card found in the house in which the man believed to be Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele lived, June 7, 1985. Photo on left shows Mengele eating. Photo on right shows Mengele during a picnic with friends and in the middle is the identity card. (AP Photo)
November 9, 2023, 11:49 am
Medical professionals played major role in Nazi atrocities, study finds
New report recommends that study of Holocaust medical practices be incorporated into healthcare curricula, to better equip today’s doctors to face ethical dilemmas
By AFP
The Empire State Building in New York City, November 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
May 20, 2023, 3:04 am
Weight of New York’s buildings is causing the city to sink, study says
New research shows the metropolis is descending at a rate of 1-2 millimeters per year, worsening the risk of flooding
By ToI Staff
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Ukrainian students at a Tel Aviv University fundraiser for Ukraine held on May 1 to 2, 2022. (Tel Aviv University)
May 10, 2022, 2:23 pm
Ukrainian students, academics fleeing war begin studies at Israeli universities
Teenage boys from Ukraine’s world championship math team among groups largely of women, whose husbands and families are still in war-torn country
By Sue Surkes
Workers lug a capital, the top of a column, in Palmyra, Syria, sometime between 1920 and 1933. How artifacts like this made their way into museums is part of the research of Mirjam Brusius, one of nine winners of the 2022 Dan David prize. (Matson Collection/American Colony Jerusalem, via Library of Congress)
March 2, 2022, 7:54 pm
Nine history scholars win revamped Dan David award, now field’s largest prize
Academics, curators and other types of historians studying everything from museum storage to environmental history win $300,000 from Tel Aviv-based foundation
By Jessica Steinberg
Cherry blossoms on the University of Washington Quad in Seattle, March 14, 2010. (Brewbooks via Creative Commons)
March 2, 2022, 6:14 pm
Washington U ‘committed’ to Israel Studies, after returning pro-Israel donation
University says keeping gift from philanthropist who sought to prevent political remarks by faculty would have had a ‘long-term negative impact’
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: Swarms of desert locusts fly up into the air from crops in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya January 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
February 10, 2022, 3:23 am
Biblical plague explained? Israeli study suggests why locusts form massive swarms
Researchers find a bacterial species that proliferates in the insects’ guts when they join a group; the finding could lead to new means for combating outbreaks
By ToI Staff
A teacher wearing a face mask checks the temperature of her student at Maestro Padilla school in Madrid, Sept. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
February 8, 2022, 2:23 pm
Children find it harder than adults to recognize people in face masks – Israel study
Scientists say findings highlight possible damaging impact on social interactions with peers and educators, ability to form important relationships
By Tobias Siegal
Philanthropist Dan David, for whom the Dan David Prize is named, and which now is considered the largest history prize in the world (Courtesy Dan David Foundation)
September 15, 2021, 10:46 am
Dan David prize becomes largest history award in world
Headquartered at Tel Aviv University, endowment will give 9 scholars $300,000 apiece for achievements in study of human history
By Jessica Steinberg
The sun rises amid smog during the dry season in Mexico City, February 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
July 26, 2021, 8:27 pm
‘Climate on steroids’: Pace of warming behind record-smashing heatwaves – study
Scientists find temperature records being broken by rapid tempo of warming rather than amount of greenhouse gasses in atmosphere, warn conditions to worsen in coming decades
By Marlowe HOOD
Sweets are on display at a shelf in a supermarket in London, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
April 21, 2021, 7:36 pm
Junk food may harm skeletal development in the young, study finds
New research by Hebrew University shows ultra-processed foods, which make up 70% of children’s caloric consumption, impair bone quality in young rodents
By ToI Staff
In this November 18, 2020, photo taken by a drone, residences destroyed by the Mountain View Fire line a street in the Walker community in Mono County, California.(AP/Noah Berger)
February 16, 2021, 6:04 pm
Israeli study: Crime drops in areas hit by natural disasters
Hebrew University concludes that unaffected neighboring regions see an uptick in criminal activity, but also increased philanthropy
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a doctor comforting a patient with Alzheimer's Disease. (Chinnapong, iStock by Getty Images)
December 1, 2020, 10:16 am
In potential ‘gamechanger,’ blood test may accurately predict Alzheimer’s
Research could launch revolution in treating degenerative disease, experts say, since current challenge is diagnosing it early enough
By AFP
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